Question 1

what is a karyotype for acute lymphocytic leukemia?

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Let me see what is?: Karyotype means chromosome abnormaility. It can occur in any type of leukemia, but it is uncommon in acute lymphocytic leukemia. Let your oncologist/hematologist decide whether or when to do it and explain to you what it means.

Question 2

help! what is acute lymphocytic leukemia in a chronic stage?

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CLL: Acute leukemia does not have a chronic stage or phase.  There is a leukemia called chronic lymphocytic leukemia which is generally a slow-growing leukemia which may not need treatment right away.

Question 3

how rare is it for a child to have acute lymphocytic leukemia?

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2.8/100,000: Acute leukemia is the most common form of cancer in children, comprises approximately 30% of all childhood malignancies, with acute lymphoblastic leukemia being 5 times more common than acute myeloid leukemia. Approximately 2500 to 3500 new cases of all are diagnosed in children each year in the United States with an incidence of 2.8 cases per 100, 000.

Question 4

how frequently can relapse occur in acute lymphocytic leukemia (all)?

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20-30: It depend to the type of ALL ,B cell ,T cell ,age of diagnosis ,bellow 2 years or above 9 years ,CNS involvement at diagnosis,but  about 20-25%

Question 5

my friend found out she has acute lymphocytic leukemia today. what can she expect?

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Chemotherapy: All is generally curable in children, less so in adults. See this site for more info.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/acute-lymphocytic-leukemia/ds00558.

Question 6

can there be a set karyotype for acute lymphocytic leukemia?

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In short no: The karyotype is important, and certain changes are higher risk such as t (4, 11) and t (9;22).

Question 7

please describe the mortality rate for acute lymphocytic leukemia?

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It depends on Age: Children with acute lymphocytic leukemia are successfully treated and cured of their cancer in more than 80%. Adults do less well, with a mortality of about 50%.

Question 8

if a child has acute lymphocytic leukemia, can he continue with regular schooling?

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Interrupted: The regular schooling will be interrupted for several months to a year perhaps or could be a bit longer sometimes- while receiving chemotherapy and +/- if transplantation is required. After everything is completed and if complete cure is achieved- and no major complication from the treatment, he should/would be able to resume regular schooling.

Question 9

how is the blood affected in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia?

Accepted Answer

Different ways: Although the word leukemia refers to cancerous white cells in the blood, many times the disease is growing so fast in the bone marrow that these cells never enter the blood and also, since they crowd out normal blood cells in the marrow, these are also decreased or absent in the blood leading to problems with infection, bleeding profound weakness.

Question 10

what is happening in the blood in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia?

Accepted Answer

Blood abnormal: The lymphoblast count (leukemic cells) increases, anemia and thrombocytopenia (low platelets) develop. This is all due to uncontrolled proliferation of lymphoblasts in the bone marrow. Rapid treatment is required.

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